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1971 Fleetwood Sports Record Album Catalog |
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1971 Fleetwood Record
Album Catalog Cover |
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Item Details |
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CIRCA
- 1971
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RECORD LABEL
- Fleetwood
Recording Co.
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SIZE
-8.5" x 11"
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PRICE GUIDE
- $15.00-$20.00
Excellent -
Near Mint Condition
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Founded by Raymond Samora in 1958,
Fleetwood Records began traveling
around the country recording drum and
bugle corps competitions. In 1960
Fleetwood converted a supermarket in
Revere Massachusetts, into studio
space. In 1966 the company found it's
niche in sports highlight records that
recounted different championship team
seasons, or important sports moments.
In putting highlight tapes, interviews,
and play-by-play excerpts together on a
record, the moments were documented on
vinyl and preserved for generations to
come.
Fleetwood began releasing Sports Albums
in 1966 with "Havlicek Stole The Ball"
featuring highlights of the Boston
Celtic Championship Play-offs from 1956
to 1966. The following year, Fleetwood
issued their first baseball record,
"The Impossible Dream," a recording
that was originally a radio special put
together by radio station WHDH and
highlighted the Red Sox incredible
season of 1967.
The baseball series of sports albums
were released until 1980, when ESPN,
the networks, and leagues, wanted to
capitalize on releasing highlights of
sports. Fleetwood was no longer allowed
to make highlight albums, and lost the
rights to it. There are eight baseball
related record albums listed in this
1971 bi-fold catalog. The catalog cover
features the ABC Wide World of Sports
record released in 1971. Also on the
cover is
"Baseball - The First 100
Years" with the cover designed by American
commercial illustrator Bob Peak. He is
best known for innovative designs of
the modern movie posters that include
West Side Story and My Fair Lady.
Other baseball records featured in the catalog are:
"Year Of The Birds"
(Baltimore Orioles)
"Battling Bucs"
(Pittsburgh Pirates)
"The Miracle Mets"
(New York Mets)
"The Big Red Machine"
(Cincinnati Reds)
"The Year Of The
Tiger '68" (Detroit Tigers)
"The Impossible Dream" (Boston Red
Sox) and
"Curt Gowdy talks with Carl
Yastrzemski" The back page of the
catalog features an order form at the
bottom.
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1971 Fleetwood Sports
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